Knocking suspension

[Nathan1305]

Have a knocking noise on the left side front shock when I go over bumps sounds like something's loose. The drop links and top mounts are only 2 years old. Any idea what it could be?

[powerandtorque]

2 year old cheap droplink could still quite feasibly be knackered - 306's seem to be quite hard on droplinks in my experience.

Check that first and then do a quick spanner check of everything down there and see what if any movement / noise there is when you give everything a good shake.

[Nathan1305]

2 year old cheap droplink could still quite feasibly be knackered - 306's seem to be quite hard on droplinks in my experience.

Check that first and then do a quick spanner check of everything down there and see what if any movement / noise there is when you give everything a good shake.

Yeah I checked it this morning but couldn't find anything, I'll give changing the drop links a go

[Adam-m-h]

Does it knock when you apply full lock or just over bumps as previously said spanner check I'd check Top mount, anti roll bar linkage I'd also check the spring/damper

[Nathan1305]

Does it knock when you apply full lock or just over bumps as previously said spanner check I'd check Top mount, anti roll bar linkage I'd also check the spring/damper

Just over bumps and I only installed them a few days ago so it's all tight

[Adam-m-h]

Does it knock when you apply full lock or just over bumps as previously said spanner check I'd check Top mount, anti roll bar linkage I'd also check the spring/damper

Just over bumps and I only installed them a few days ago so it's all tight

My only other suggestion is track rod end
Have a look in the guides section for ginge191 he did guide on front suspension change it has some pics that might give you a ruff idea of potential things it could be

[Nathan1305]

Does it knock when you apply full lock or just over bumps as previously said spanner check I'd check Top mount, anti roll bar linkage I'd also check the spring/damper

Just over bumps and I only installed them a few days ago so it's all tight

My only other suggestion is track rod end
Have a look in the guides section for ginge191 he did guide on front suspension change it has some pics that might give you a ruff idea of potential things it could be

Yeah I followed that guide really helpful, just weird how it started making that noise when I changed it all but nothing's loose

[vincent1]

as this is on the nearside also check the bottom ball joint pinch bolt is tight some times the hole in the hub becomes oval and may cause a knock?

[gazthegnome]

mine does a similar thing when i turn left off a roundabout and i think its the rear mount on the wish bone as i have just had the mot and every thing else was ok and that came up as an advisory

[dantheman51838]

So I went to change my wishbones at weekend and one came off nicely. The other however as you would expect was a t**t. I have broken the head off of the bolt that holds the wishbone on The other end of this bolt is encapsulated in the subframe. I have read up and if I change the subframe I am likely to encounter the same problem with those bolts. Is anyone on here a PUG expert or great at removing snapped bolts?